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Originally Posted by Blackfish Doug

Sorry Bob your not going to get any sympathy from me I know what it's like I lived it. As far as that $15 an hour that's a big BS I lost my job 10 years ago. I have a great resume & in the last 10 years I couldn't come close to making those $15 an hour wages that you claim are out there. I have no medical insurance & thank god my wife does & 60% comes out of her pay. I have not taken a vacation in over 10 years because time off is no pay. How about using Christmas,New Years Day & Easter as days you got to make up there are no paid holidays at my job. You see there are no jobs out there tons of time off as you claim. I know if there was work out there giving you $15,top benefits, & tons of time off sign me up I will be there tomorrow. Ask anybody who graduates from college & ask them if they wouldn't take that. I don't know where you got that from but it's not from this state & that's for sure. You obviously don't know anybody in the business & overate the job market in a big way. And by the way I did give quite a few School bus company's my resume as well & I never heard the phone ring once. I live a drug free life & have a good driving record as well. Right now I'm too old to do this type of work but when I first lost my job I would have taken that position in a heart beat. Right now I'm happy just to have a job & I'm glad that I had somebody out there that was willing to hire me. Thank god it was not in the commercial fishing industry but the benefits are the same. I would love to see you work a commercial boat for 2 weeks & see what it's like . The grass is not always greener on the other side.

I would not work on a commercial boat.. From what you write, its just above abject poverty level.. I was making $15 an hour when I left Forked River in 1991 and I am NOT a very skilled person. If someone in NJ can't make close to that in 2016 there are problems I am not aware of. I live in a depressed area of NY state the looks like a soviet era eastern bloc territory.. Its no problem making $15 or more an hour here if you can drive a truck or bus, turn a wrench or hammer a nail.. Please don't try and tell me the economy is better here, thats nonsense.. Its been poor here for decades.

If someone that works on a commercial boat can't eat or pay bills, they can make $12-13 an hour stocking shelves at Lowe;s or Home Depot.. I refuse to believe the situation is as dire as you say.. I am uneducated and poorly skilled and these days half crippled, and I make that much, and even entry level bus drivers start at $14+ an hour here... Is NJ REALLY that much worse off than NY state??.. Hard to believe..